Bridge connecting Asia to Europe has already made a $856,000,000 saving with another $4,280,000,000 in the next decade

The world's longest suspension bridge is set to save Turkey an eye-watering $4.15 billion in the next decade.

Stretching across two continents, the incredible 1915 Çanakkale Bridge takes a matter of minutes to cross and has cut commute times by a huge 93 percent.

Turkish officials clearly had efficiency in mind when they decided to construct the 2,023 meter bridge.

Connecting Gelibolu, in the European side of Turkey, with the town of Lapseki in the Asian region in the country, it stretches from northwestern Turkey across the Dardanelles Strait, a passage of water connecting the Aegean Sea and the Sea or Marmara.

This means it connects two continents with tarmac and abandons the need for the 90-minute ferry to get to the other side.

The bridge has cut commute time down by 93 percent (Burak Akay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

So backpackers, travellers and commuters can reach the other side in just six minutes.

Despite its '1915' reference, construction on the bridge started in March 2017 and was opened to the public five years later.

Turkish officials used the historically significant date in the name of the bridge to honor an important Ottoman victory in the First World War which sparked a chain of events that ultimately led to the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

It really is all in the details; the bridge's 2,023 meter stretch pays homage to the year 2023, the year the country celebrated the centenary of the founding of the Turkish Republic.

Even the height of the bridge has some meaning behind it, with 318 meters symbolizing the date of March 18 when Turkey commemorates the soldiers killed during Gallipoli.

And its colossal span means it surpasses Japan's famous Akashi Kaikyo Bridge built in 1998 by 32 meters, making it the world's longest bridge.

Understandably, it cost a large sum of money to construct, racking up an eye-watering price of $2.7 billion.

However, the bridge is already reaping a number of rewards, both environmental and financial.

It took five years to build the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge (Oguz Yeter/ dia images via Getty Images)

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country would save €415 million - so, $428 million - per year thanks to a reduction of fuel consumption and carbon emissions, as per AP.

That means, in the almost three years since Çanakkale Bridge's opening, the country has already saved $856 million, according to President Erdoğan's figures.

In the next decade, that yields a massive $4.15 billion - so it's safe to say the initial cost of constructing the mammoth bridge was a worthy investment.